Get the Crucial BX500 1TB for £56 (RRP £74)
Despite being a budget drive, the QLC NAND in the BX500 offers high peak speeds - up to 540MB/s reads and up to 500MB/s writes, which allows it to run right up to the limits of the SATA interface originally designed for hard drives. Its DRAM-less design means that performance dips in sustained read/write scenarios, but if you’re using this for media or game storage, you’ll experience this tech’s limitations less frequently than if you were using the BX500 as your Windows/Linux/macOS install drive. What do you make the of the BX500 - have you used one, and how do you rate it? Let me know in the comments below, and I’ll see you again next week with more PC deals as I discover them! Cheerio.
